On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 6:16 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I recently started messing around with report builder in an attempt > to create some PDF and RTF docs with some difficult formatting and logic > that wasn't easy to do with cfdocument or the word solutions i know.
The report builder blows. Mostly because it's not cross-platform. :-) I guess there must be licensing issues with just including/using iReport, which is a kick-ass report builder, and uses the same underlying technology that CF's report builder seems to use (JasperReports). If you want to get fancy, iReport is the way to go. With CF8, you could probably even use createObject to run the report you built with iReport, within CF. If you are getting into heavy reporting tho, I'd recommend using JasperServer on a separate server, and talking to it via a webservice to run reports using CF. If you can, have it use a replication DB server too, so the whole reporting load is off the main app and db servers. That's worked well for us... and the state loves reports, don't'cha'know. -- MacGyver: I've found from past experience that the tighter your plan, the more likely you are to run into something . . . unpredictable. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:260746 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
